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THE SUNDAY OREGOyiAy, PORTLAXD, SEPTEMBER 11, 1931 BRILLIANT AND UNUSUAL' OFFERING OF MUSICAL EVENTS ' ARRANGED FOR COMING SEASON FOR PORTLAND PUBLIC Five of World's Greatest Artists, Including Reinald Werrenrath, Amelita Galli-Curd, Jascha Heifetz, Emmy Destinn and Percy Grainger, Are . to Be Presented Here by Steers & Coman Record Programme Is Promised. f- ''t f'i'r ir jj 1 '1 - iWh: ?SS rjJ!a Jt s- SUCH a brilliant and unusual offer ing of musical attractions as that announced for the coming season .by Steers & Coman has not been given the Pacific coast for many years. The series is composed of five of the world's greatest artists. Reinald Werrenrath will return to Portland safely holding' the position of one of the foremost baritone re citalists before the world today. Wer renrath will be remembered by Port landers for his one previous appear ance here in February, 1918, when his singing proved one of the sensations of the musical season. Portland at FLOOR LEADER MONDELL LIVES UP TO FIRST PART OF NAME Wyoming Man Is Frank Administration Takes Steps to Stop Hotel Holdups Relieved Bootlegger Buys 15 Tickets From Traffic Officer. TIE OREGONIAN NEWS BUREAU, Washington, D. C Sept. 9. One thing about Representative Frank W. MondeH of Wyoming, the republican floor leader,- which has often not worked to his political ad " vantage, is the fact that be lives up to his first name he is nothing if not frank. He will tell what he believes - is the truth of a political or legislative situation no matter how he hits the person he may be talking to, nor how -it may hit Mr. Mondell himself. Th.ra are men on the republican Bide of the house who are not burst - ing with praise for Mr. Mondell as a leader, but there are few who would deny that he has a great deal of po . litiml couraee. which is something 'that anyone will tell you has been "sadly lacking in congress for some .time past. - Mondell Senatorial Candidate. ' Mr. Mondell is out for tne senate now to succeed Senator Warren and his long service in congress snoum - help iiim considerably. About the Conly fly in the Wyoming political ointment is an occurrence in which ' Mr. Mondell plainly showed this same Miinn and which may oe uses t his disadvantage. - There were some western gover- nrm in Wafthincrtnn urerine a big ap- propriation for irrigation Deyonu ms . Missouri, They wantea ai least 000,000 and they were bound to get it. nA Hav th.v hsnnAnffd to be in con ference with a western senator and Representative Garner of Texas was in the room also. The governors were were insistent that they must have , the $250,000,000 out of congress for Just about this time Mr. Mondell entered the room to Bee the senator in whose office they were meeting. Mr. Garner had his eye on the new comer at once. He thought he might be able innocently enough to em barrass Mr. Mondell. Turning with a wave of hfs hand and a bow he indicated the repub lican floor leader to the governors: ym Chance," Says Floor Leader. "Here is the man you are looking for," he said. "Here is the man who can get you that J250.000.000. I want to introduce the republican floor leader of the house, Mr. Mondell. What he says goes in the house." Mr. Mondell didn't like the situation but he didn't dodge it. For years he has been preaching government economy and honestly trying his best to bring such economy into being. The case was explained to him. He faced the governors. "There isn't a chance," he said. "Not if you were asking for 1250,000, instead of $250,000,000." That statement took some real po litical courage. It is being used , that time joined the concert-goers of the country in their fadmiration of this distinguished artist, and today the young baritone has to his credit additional successes and an exalted position in not only every music cen ter of the United States but England as well. v Amelita Galll-Curci is one of the great colorature sopranos of history. She represents a type of natural en dowment and a perfection of art such as are met with few times, if at all, in every generation. Both of these things are necessary to give to the world an interpretative genius. And in the case of this wonderful singer they are so subtly balanced - that one hardly against Mr. Mondell now. So far as anybody who knows him is willing to hazard a guess he would make the same remark over again if he ..were faced with conditions ; like those which brought it forth. Major-General Lejeime, who is com mandant of the marine' corps and who Is acknowledged to be one of the best fighting men who got to France, is devoutly religious. It isn't hypocrisy on his part either, according to offi cers who know him, but sincere, deep seated and continuing. If the administration and local Washington business men who are directly interested, can prevent it, there will be no gouging of the rep resentatives of foreign governments coming here to the disarmament con ference, such as some Americans feel marked the peace sessions in Paris and which in the past have certainly been a part of the inaugural cere-1 PORTLAXD DANCER RETURNS MISS JESSIE Mlsa Jessie Merriss. daughter of Mr. Twenty-third street North, Portland, remain through the winter, after having dancing tinder the noted Italian ballet J&::-:&&-:::- York. Miss Merriss has made remarkable progress in her art since leaving Portland for study, and her friends are knows which to admire the most her extraordinary voice or her Just as ex traordinary power of using it. Continued reports from Australia further indicate the remarkable tour that Jascha Heifetz, the young Rus sian violinistic genius, is having in the Antipodes. At recital after recital thousands clamor for admissipn to hear the sensational violinist play. Few exponents of the violin have achieved the successes that have come ito young Heifetz in America. .nis triumphs in England and on tne European continent added to his fame, and now Australia forms the last link in the world-chain to acclaim Heifetz. Emmy Destinn, dramatic soprano. monies when many a president took the oath of office. , But if Washington hotelkeepers plan to boost their rates they have not so far been willing to admit it. They felt pretty keenly the calling off of the ceremonies plannea ior me inauguration of Mr. Harding, after he discovered a lew friends were being soaked outrageously high prices for rooms for a few days. They fully understand the disarmament confer ence will not be called off because thev mitht boost' rates, but the in augural instance was something of a lesson to them. In the meantime some of the wiser real estate men and government or ficials are getting private houses for some of the delegations. They are not going around asking owners to turn them over, but there are plenty of owners who are glad to step forward and suggest use of their homes. In the last few years scores of spacious and beautiful, homes-have been con structed here, which are large enough to house a comfortably big delega tion, and there will not be much trouble about taking cars of the prin cipal men in such private residences. Aside from the main group-In each delegation, it will not be such an easy matter to take care of the rest, if not only all the nations asked to send delegates are counted, but allowance is made also for unofficial and pos sibly unwanted delegations from doz- HOME AFTER YEAR'S STUDY. MERRISS. , and Mrs. A. A. Merriss of 913 East has returned to her parents' home to completed a year's study of ballet master. Stafano Mascagno of New predicting for her . brilliant career. has a voice akin to the wine of Bur gundy in its rich texture, its darkly lustrous colors, its smooth and glow ing warmth upon the ear in its highe as in its lower ranges. There is no word but beauty for the singing of Mme. Destinn, beauty of voice, beauty of artistry, beauty of insight, iraagi nation and impression. This will be the second appearance In Portland of Percy Grainger, the pianist-composer, one of the most unique personalities before the public today. "He Is a dynamo of electric personality and the kind of an artist to whom an audience capitulates dur ing the first number," said one music critic. , . ens of other countries which have wnoie storeiull of axes they want ground at the conference. There-will be thousands of persons aiiogsiner m the delegations, and there will be thousands more of Amer icans who are willing to do a few odd turns for themselves and the rest of the world at the same time. The air will be filled with propa- ganaa ana tne lobbies with propa ganaists so tnat newspaper . corre spondents will be overloaded with stuff of all kinds and all meanings. Some of the propagandists are on the ground already placing their batteries tor tne grand assault just before the conference opens. When they run afoul of Charles Evans Hughes, the American secre tary of state, however, they are likely to wish they had stayed at home. Mr. Hughes may not have an opportunity to do anything so long as the pleaders for outside causes do not touch too deeply the questions of disarmament and of the far east, .but if they make themselves obnoxious he is the little boy who can set them to rights quick ly and plainly. - ' One of those amateur bootlee-irers wno are to oe round In every city, who as.cs aDout now much he has run into town for his own consumption got nom or a dozen cases of verv su. perior stuff over in Baltimore the other day and took his own automo bile and went over to get it. He came back boldly enough over the Wash ington-Baltimore road. He found everything serene until he hit the boundary line of the District of Co lumbia about Fifteenth and H streets; Northeast There is a bad street car crossing there and a traffic cop to guard it. The amateur bootlegger hove in sight whistling boldly like the well-known boy going through the graveyard. ine traffic cop set his sign "ston" and held up his hand. The motorist felt a sinking sensa tion. He jammed on his brake Quick ly after a prompt decision not to make a run for it. He thought over the last few hours. He wondered if someone had seen him and tipped the policeman off to what he was carrying. "I was looking for you," said the cop as he advanced with a smile to ward the automobile. The motorist's heart wont from high back Into first without a pause. He was caught. He thought of spend ing eight or ten years in jail. What a fool he had been to bring the stuff in himself. He was about to confess everything. "Yes," went on the officer, "I hoped you'd come along." He paused and there was - more agony on the part of the amateur runner. "You haven't got your tickets yet to the policeman's ball game, have you?" Anybody who ever sneaked a half pint by an officer in a suit case has a faint conception of how the motorist felt. He almost leaped out of the car In sheer joy. "No," he yelled. "How many have you?" The cop fished in his jeans. He counted the bits of pasteboard slowly. "Just 15," he said. "Gimme all of them," said Ibe ao- Itorist. As he drove on he sighed all the way to the capital. I ... Most everybody who comes east ' from anywhere west of Harrlsburg, or j certainly from west of Pittsburg, likes iu iiiiuw me uiu iiurpuuii iiilu iiiio part of the world for being inhospit able, discourteous and a great many other things which show how up stage it is and how important it con siders itself. But there are some persons around these parts who are not that way. Probably they came from the west, but anyhow they still are willing to say a kind word to a stranger. The automobile of Harvey Fire stone, the tire man, was standing along the curb by Lafayette square, opposite the White House, filled with friends of President Harding, who were waiting for him to drive out In one of the White House machines. They had nothing particular to do and they looked like they might be tour ists. A young man came along, the pave ment. The automobile load intrigued him. He stopped: "That's the White House over there," he volunteered. Did you see that car that just went out?" he asked, and gave his own answer. "That man sitting up in front was the president s physician. "Dr. Grayson?" inquired one of the men in the waiting car. "No, said the informative young man. "No, I don t think u s Grayson. It's Wood or something like that." "Sawyer," suggested one of - the party. That s it, the volunteer guide ad mitted. (Continued From Taga 7.) Marysville and San Francisco. Her mother will lemain in the north through September and part of Oc tober. Mr. and Mrs. Charlese A. McLean former residents of the Campbell Hill, have returned from a visit In the north and are in their new home. formerly the Robert Kennedy resi dence, at 482 Hassalo Btreet. Recent visitors at Columbia Gorge hotel were Miss Maude Ainsworth, Miss Katherine Laldlaw, Mr. and Mrs. Eric Hauser Jr., Dr. and Mrs. J. F. Dickson, Mrs. Willis Duniway, Mr. and Mrs. J. V. Burke and others. Mrs. George Rae and Mrs. W. H. Jamieson left last week for an ex tended visit in Salt Lake City and Denver. They were accompanied as far as La Grande by Mrs. A. E. Hap persett, who will visit her son there. Thomas and Mary Donovan of Bea verton and Katherine Dowd and James Donovan of Imperial valley. Califor nia motored over to the Tillamook beaches, passing several days there, returning by the way of Seaside and Astoria. Mrs. Ethel P. Skiff returned last Monday from Salt Lake City, where she has been attending the normal school and convention of the Amer ican National Association Masters of Dancing for the past month. She Is now at the Wheeldon Annex. Mrs. P. P. Schuh and Mrs. Mary E. Freeland, who have been the house guests of Mr. and Mrs. Glenn C. But-ti-rworth during the summer, left Tuesday for their home in Indiana, stopping en route at Omaha and Chi cago. Mrs. Thomas Mann and her two daughters, Barbara and Magdalene, have returned to Portland after a three months' visit In the east. Miss Edith Hill of Kansas City, Mo., sister of Mrs. Mann, will pass the winter here, being on a leave of absence as head of the art department of a high school of Kansas City, Mo, G. A. Magney, a prominent Omaha, (Neb.) attorney, and his wife and daughter, Ethel, left for the south Tuesday after three weeks spent here with Mrs. Magney's sister, Mrs. J. H. Zehrung, 7105 Forty-eighth avenue, and Mrs. A. E. Smith, Ardenwald sta tion. Highway and mountain trips and touring the Willamette valley rniea tne time. Mrs. Hammond, wife of Colonel Creed C. Hammond, has returned to Portland after a year's residence in Washington, D. C. Colonel Hammond ore duty In the general staff, war plans division, war department. It probably will be a couple of months before he returns home and assumes command of the fifth Oregon infan try. Mr. and Mrs. Judson Monroe Coats spent a' few days motoring in Marlon county accompanied by Dr. Angela L. Ford Warren, who entertained them at her country place in the Waldo hills, a short distance from Salem, Saddle horses were used in viewing the scenery rrom a high vantage point and riding over the acreage and the forest of several hundred acres. Mr. and Mrs. Thayne Miller Livesay have been visiting the latter's par ents, Mr. and Mrs. E. W. Haines of this city. Mr. and Mrs. Livesay both received their A. B. degrees at Pa cific university in 1917 and their mas ters' degrees at the University of Washington this last year. They will spend the following year at Stanford, where they will take special work to ward their doctors degrees. Mrs, Livesay was formerly Miss Ruth Haines and is well known among the Pacific university alumni. A happy reunion was celebrated Labor day in Portland when Mrs. Joseph Stadleman of The Dalles re turned from Missouri, bringing with her, her father and mother, Mr. and Mrs. John Gllhousen of Kahoka. W. E. Gilhousen of The Dalles and Ernest Gilhousen of Portland, sons, were here to greet them and also Mrs. Harry Lofgren, granddaughter, and Mary- Eiene Lorgren, great-granddaughter. Mr. Gilhousen is a civil war veteran and Mrs. Gilhousen a Daughter of the American Revolution and they soon expect to celebrate their 57th wedding anniversary. They will spend the win ter in the west. SPECIAL AA'XOCCVCEMJCXTS . Mrs. M. Young's dancing classes will reopen at Linnea hall, 66$ Irving street, near 21st, Friday evening. Sept. 23. Beginners' class 7:30, ad vanced dancers 9 o'clock. Private les sons by appointment. Phone East 3119. Adv. RAPE CROP IS IMMENSE California Ha9 Enough This Tear to Make 60,000,000 Gallons Wine. SAN FRANCISCO, Sept. 'lO. Al though still on the vine, nearly all of California's 400,000-ton crop this year of wine grapes has been sold according to H. F. Stoll, manager of the California Grape Protective association. He said the crop was sufficient to make 60,000,000 gallons dry wine. Growers will receive about $25,000,000 for the grapes. Stoll said. Three hundred thousand tons of grapes will be shipped east this year, enough to produce 45,000,000 gallons of wine, Stoll said. This would re quire 16,000 cars. California growers will receive from 50 to 190 per ton for wine erapes. Stoll predicted, ana one- quarter of the crop will be sold in this state. state. Picking will be begun in the warmer regions in a few days and will continue until November. Sociekv -; GIRL'S TWINKLING TOES SAVE FAMILY FROM STARVATION At Age of 16 Luna Nestcr Brings Her Relatives From Russia to America by Dancing Half-AVay Around the Wofld. .. -rmr II ' 111 . II ' "fes Ill mi - " ' T - 31 I If . ., " , ,i II II I " 311 W nL ' W All ill v. j w :r ll I III i.st' Z 4 4!-Tll mi ' - : . Mil II " , v II If , II jU fa fad Iw- - . - J f If VW,.- I I fr. NUMEROUS stories of romance, suffering and hardship have grown out of the recent war which seared and scorched every country in Europe, but none has more nucleus to deserve rank'ng with the most Imaginative tales spun by the writers of fiction than that of Luna Neater, a 16-year-old Russian girl, who with her mother, grandmother and bnother, arrived in this country recently after experiencing the hard knocks of adversity for almost three years, during which time ehe has lit erally danced herself half-way around the world. For were it not for the twinkling toes of pretty Luna, both ehe and her family might even now be suffering the pangs of hunger in far-off Si berla or else wasting their lives as chattels to cater to the whims of some leader of the hated and feared bolshevikl which now run rampant over the land once ruled by the czar, Toes Called Into Play. When her family was being knocked from pillar to post and from city to city, tossed between the great white army and the attacking reds, without food or shelter, it was this little wisp of humanity who stepped into the breach. Whenever additional ad versity threatened, Luna's twinkling toes were called into play. Her danc ing saved her family from the bol shevikl. It enabled them to gather enough roubles together to finally get out of the feared Siberia to Japan and thence to this country, where they ar rived recently. Prior to the war the Nester family held an influential position In the social life of Petrograd. The father was a military engineer of recognised ability and distinction, with a beau tiful home and plenty of money. Al most before she was able to walk Luna, his first baby, showed remark able terpsichorean ability. In fact when the writer asked her from whom she learned to dance, the child wistfully and only half-joklngly re plied, "I guess God taught me." At the age of 6 she was a virtuoso and friends of the family urged her father to send her to the Imperial ha.llet ecole to develop her art, al though there was no Idea at that time that she would ever have to become a professional dancer. Not only in her dancing, however, did she display an artistic bent. She showed remark able ability at drawing, and her trunk Is filled with pictures from life which she has sketched during her dancing trip half way round the world. In addition, little Miss Nester u a linculst of no mean ability, and although she is Just learning to speak English she has already masierea Polish, Russian, German, French and Japanese. ' Solo Dancing Attraction. As a solo dancer the child attracted Immediate attention In the infant bal let and great things were said to be in store for her. The Grand Duchess Tatiana, knowing her family well, crew much interested In the dancing prodigy and mainly, through, her in terest In the child, Luna received the opportunity on two occasions to dance for the czar. At that time sne was only ten years old. Then came the four horsemen and the gigantic hand of the War God reached out and clutched practically all of Europe. Her father imme diately went to the front with his regiment, the while young Luna con tinued her dancing lessons witn tne Imperial ballet to keep her mind awav from the terrible conflict rag ing In France and Flanders and ilnnr the German border. She was enabled to continue her studies through the early stages of the war. but when the seed of bol- shevism was planted in Russia her schooling was brought to a sudden end. Shortly after the revolution which resulted in the overthrow of the monarchial form of government and when the bolshevista overthrew Kerensky and started to ride rough shod over Russia, the Nester family, like many other so-called "aristo crats." lost their all. Before the ad vancing Reds they fled rapidly in the direction of Siberia, all except the father, who had not been heard from since he joined the. colors. LHt7e Food Had. There the child lived what seemed ages although in reality a little less than a year. ' It was almost Impos sible to procure food while often the family had to ask shelter at a Red Cross station. During most of this time they subsisted on horse meat, of which the little dancing nympn has had more than her share. In fnr-t nn a of the reasons she is now so happy at being in the great United States is that horse flesh as a medium to appease the appetite is practically unknown on this side of the Atlantic. During one stage of the raging conflict between the holshevists and the white army of Russia, young Luna and her family were held by the former and appeared doomed to perpetual chattledom. It was then that she brought her dancing ability Into play and her madcap feats of teroslchore even won the admiration of the wild men of Russia. Her dancing so enthralled tnem that they protected her fiom harm, showered her with presents and later made It possible for her and her family to reach Vladivostok 'n safety. Meantime her mother, Mr. Stephanie Nester, had received no word from the husband and father. As a final means of getting out of the turbulent country the mother arranged a con cert to be given by her daughter. The child scored an immense hit and enough roubles were showered upon her to Insure food for several days and transportation to another city. Concerts Given to RaUe Money. And so It went on. Whenever funds were short and food was necessary for ber mother, her grandmother and her little brother, Stephen, Luna would bring her twinkling toes Into play. She gave concert after concert until enough funds were realized to insure transportation to Japan. In that country following her first appearance UlUe Miss Luna was vo ciferously received everywhere she played. She spent almost a year In Japan, during which time she pii-krri up the language and further de veloped her art. In nil she nave ; shout 60 concerts In Tokio and other Cities of the far east, after which. enough money having been saved, 1 her mother made arrangement to sail to the Golrirn Cat of Uncle Sin. At present Miss Neater, her brother, mother and grandmother are living (n New York City. It was there the writer saw her shortly rtr her ar rival. A sweet-faced child In short dresses vhe extended a bashful greet ing In fairly good English, while her mother and grandmother In French told the visitor what a wonderful girl she was. Her book of clippings comprised of the programmes of concerts at which she has appeared would wlr. the envy of a diva. Not only in Kumla but In Japan she has been featured at con cert for her dancing ability. "Yes, she and her people had suf fered greatly," Khe admitted In French, "but we are safe now under the protection of the stars and stripes nd my one desire is to hear from my father. We have not seer, nor heard from him In more than three years, but we are still hopeful, as mother has arranged with the Red Crops to get word to him If he Is still alive that we are In your wonderful country. Dancing In Loved. "f love dances and especially was thankful for such ability when it ap peared that we were oil doomed to a dismal end oy starvation In Siberia. After each concert which I gave we would have Just about enough money to get some provisions and move for ward, usually In wagon trains, al though at other times it was neces sary to walk for many long and weary miles. "Others were not so fortunate, and found it almost Impossible to get food because of the high price charged. And often I was thankful to the Imperial ballet where I was trained, for being able to help some of my poor starving country people after concerts where the soldiers hail bren specially good to us. "I danced before some of your American soldiers at Vladivostok and was Immeasurably pleased at the way they received my effort to en tertain them. Oh, yes. I Intend to continue my study of dancing here. One of the first persons I met after we arrived In this country was Lvdia Lipkowska, the noted Russian prima donna. She was a great friend of ours In Russia before the dark days of the war, end I knew her well dur ing my days at the Imperial bullet ecole." Hiss Nester will continue her danc ing studies In this country, the while her mother attempts to get In touch with the father In the hope that he may be able to join them here. She likes America for more reasons than the fact that It la free from hnre- flesh as food, and expects to make her home here. mere slip of a girl she Is, with eyes that twinkle in the same manner as her toes twinkled when they proved the medium of bringing her and her family from a land of dreaded devastation to a land of promise and hope. Nations Invite l"rcs Congress. HONOLULU, Sept. 10. Spain has expressed a desire that the press congress of the vorld meet In that country In 1922 while England and Holland have extended Invitations for 1923. Braisll has Invited the con ference to meet there In 1924 and It has been suggested that U this In vitation is accepted, a pan-American congress might be formed to hold bi ennial sessions. Asia has been aug- rested as tne logical meeting pi- for the 192S congress by the officials' of the organisation who have de clare they hope to bring a fr eastern press congress into being at that session. Dog Chews Vp $125 Wig. NEW YORK, Sept. 10. Miss Alice Bloom, a modal, wore a $125 wig when her bobbed hair began to fall out. She was a guest on a yachting trip up the Hudson and her host's pet terrier chewed up the wig when she took It off In her cabin. Result, a suit In the municipal court. Miss Bloom compromised for $50. CORNS Lift Off with Fingers Doesn't hurt a bltl Drop a little "Freexone" on an aching corn. In stantly that corn stops hurting, then shortly you lift it right off with fingers. Trulyl Tour druggist sells a tiny bottle of Freezone" for a few cents, sufficient to remove every hard corn, soft corn. or corn between the toes, and the calluses, without soreness or irritation. Adv. Always say Bayer Aipiria it trade mirk Btyer Minufio turs Monoaccticaddnter of Silicylicecid. ( & V r Aspirin